Galaxy S8 Android 8.0 release halted

Samsung started the Galaxy S8 Android 8.0 Oreo release a couple of days ago for non-beta devices in markets like Turkey, Norway, the UAE, India, Belgium, Germany, France, Poland and others. The company had said that it would roll out the update in the Netherlands next week.

However, it came to our attention earlier today that Samsung had halted the rollout. We have conducted our own research can now independently confirm that Samsung has pulled Oreo for the Galaxy S8 and the Galaxy S8+.

The G950/G955-FXXU1CRAP Android 8.0 firmware files for these handsets are no longer available for download on Samsung’s servers. We have subsequently removed the Oreo firmware files from our database as well.

There’s going to be little impact for those who have already updated their devices to Android 8.0 Oreo. They can continue to use Oreo on their handsets normally as this doesn’t affect them.

We have received word from a source that Samsung is working on a new firmware version for the Galaxy S8 Android 8.0 release so it should be out soon, hopefully.

The reason behind halting the rollout is unclear at this point in time. We have reached out to Samsung for a comment on the matter and will update when we hear back.

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let us sell our new phones because if you update the old ones they will be better and faster then the new ones and we cant get paid for our new ones…..

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1 year ago

ibshake

No news of the update?

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1 year ago

zoran bibic

SM-G955F (SEE) is on security patch / FW : 1.11.2017 🙁

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1 year ago

mazinmhanna

A whole week has passed since pulling out the update, what is the expected date for the new release? it is like you wait and wait again as if a new Android version come up? please.

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1 year ago

Hans Wiriya

but Sam, Android P is not officially release… man u r way too fast

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1 year ago

nathan807

these are all bogus. just to calm down people… Most importantly there is no bug for S8 in Oreo update. in order to cheat people it is made like. see before around 25th Feb the same update will be given by changing log number tats all. just a gimmick work..

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1 year ago

samsunggalaxy82

Good that they started a new development – I was wondering how samsung managed to release Oreo so fast , other brands’ phone has not got Android P yet. Happily using Note 8, a 1000$ phone, without latest security update and older android.
BTW Samsung really work on Android or its their Bada OS ? Because some of Samsung’s glorious apps crash on my note 8(Gallery etc ), also their apps does not follow android guidelines.
I am hopeful that soon their Bada OS will compete with other brands like Android , iOS etc.

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1 year ago

saksaksin

Yesssss i have oreo on my s8 tanks XDA 😁😁

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1 year ago

Wezsky

Same here, just flashed it last night…

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1 year ago

buba0071

I have flached the Crap firmware on 950f. i uses zip update.zip from XDA and did full wipe. I hate it!!. I have problems with Bluetooth making my phone freese when opening aps that want direct internet acces, like youtube. When using PocketCast with Sony SBH54 Bluetooth it is so bat that i want to trow my phone in the bin.
CRAP firmware!! 🙂

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1 year ago

oggi21

As CRAP update is denied by Samsung and I can’t rollback to “good” fw I can ask Samsung to get new device ?

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1 year ago

HFL087

I’m really angry at Samsung I own s8 955f
And stock on November patch level

I needed to get this update next week
Because they did problems I need to wait
Good know how much…..

Hope soon because of after issues I had on s7 edge I got s8+

This issue get me so angry I want to buy an iPhone

And I hate Apple

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1 year ago

o0MHJ0o

Google? Huawei? HTC? LG? – None of them android manufacturers appeal to you. There is more out there than Apple and Samsung, your go to from Samsung should not be Apple

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1 year ago

HFL087

Yeah i got approved by Samsung
The version been denied
They working on a new one..

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1 year ago

cypunkd

I’ve just updated to CRAp and it’s a very stable version, this definitely makes your S8+ like a charm, the bad thing is that the samsung keyboard once again missed the multilingual recognition, what did you remove it if you had it previously? no sense…

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1 year ago

uzishan

I hope I won’t regret this 8.0 oreo. so far didn’t notice any bugs but this scares me a wee bit.

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1 year ago

alexrazvan21

i think they stopped the release of Oreo because of the release of Samsung S9. in my opinion they want just the S9 to have Oreo for the moment and after that to release for other phones. Because if you have S8 or S8+ and you have installed the Oreo firmware, maybe you will not buy the new S9, you will not upgrade. I downloaded the Oreo firmware for the S8+ and i will flash it on my phone. If there is a problem with the firmware i will roll back to android 7.

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1 year ago

lawsan

man you know what you are saying. in other words, take the example for iphone when apple release IOS for older iphone and release a new iphone. i mean many people will buy the new whatever the old has the same version of IOS. people do not buy IOS but they buy new technologies. this is the case for all smartphone but there have a certain amount of people who buy new phone for just the new OS(android or IOS)

Like the security mess that is Tizen? That would be the death of them. Samsung needs Android just as much as Android needs Samsung.

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1 year ago

aaronlafferty

I bet they halted it because of the firmware name *CRAP at the end. Doesn’t look good in the device war. LOL

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1 year ago

gtone339

what went wrong with the update Samsung?

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1 year ago

gsdworld21

Remember guys, Samsung always listen to the customer. We hear that same BS at every flagship launch. Any recommendations for a decent phone. I’m sort of looking towards the new Huawei when it’s released or the oneplus 5t. Time to leave the Note8 and Samsung I think. Not being negative but our phones cost us all a small fortune and the service is appalling. I think when the Note7 died, Samsung did too

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1 year ago

SJMSR

Pre order figures for the S8/S8+ pre release suggest otherwise.. Samsung is far from dead. A mate tried to grab a S8 last week from 6 different Optus stores, all out of stock!!

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1 year ago

tecksulfur

I’d rather say that the iPhone is dying…

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1 year ago

protodevnan0

I agree.

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1 year ago

robieboris

Very fast to launch to the market expensive devices and so slow to obtain an update. Samsung is definitely doing everything possible to scare future buyers. This is my last.

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1 year ago

61530041

i hope next build will inculde treble and new icons maybe

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1 year ago

KKTHX

Xiaomi will be my next smartphone.
No more Samsung.

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1 year ago

Or221e

Me too, I like xiaomi now.

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1 year ago

protodevnan0

I think You’d be even more mad if You had Note8 and no signs of Oreo at all 😂.

But Xiaomi has really good smartphones. I love battery life on Xiaomi phones. 14 hour SOT with heavy usage is so easy to get.

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1 year ago

tim54

You might want to read about the security warnings about Chinese phones first…

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1 year ago

vnovomsate

Unbelievable.

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1 year ago

dkonect76

It’s really fun to see Samsung’s “engineers” put on line an update which can not be installed by odin.By chance we can install it without waiting the “great engineers”
The XDA dev’s are more professional without any budjet and they do it totally free.
for samsung once they have paid 900 dollars for the S8, we have no more interest for them …….

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1 year ago

Br1cked80

You can still use Odin. You just have to compress the files to .tar.
Dont blame Samsung, if you dont know how to do it.

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1 year ago

vnovomsate

Hi. How to do it ? I have downloaded firmware…

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1 year ago

Yggdra Yuril Artwaltz

The reason Samsung halted the update because of failed OTA update. Some peoples in facebook S8 group (specifically, Malaysia) had an OTA update and it failed halfway. It stuck during an update (bluescreen) forever. If the user force reboot during an update, it will stuck on kernel splash screen but they still can access download mode or recovery mode. Wipe data or cache does not help at all. The only way to unbrick the phone is flash through odin